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My original point about staying up in the division, and the significance of climbing out of the playoff/relegation zone wasn't really based on prize money or anything financial as such, but more that as a League 1 team we are (slightly) more attractive than we would be as a League 2 team. That attractiveness also increases if any potential buyer looks at the fact that we technically started on -15 points and were still able to claw our way to safety. That shows potential. Next season, assuming a 5-point penalty instead of 15, we are effectively 10 points better off starting the season that we were this year so the potential to aim for the championship is far greater. If we can make it back to the championship, then as noted, we will play 'bigger' teams with bigger support and although the prize money is still **** compared to Premiership it is higher but, more importantly, it would be a remarkable show of resilience and potential. The last 30 years have showed we definitely have bags of potential if the management of the club can be done right ...

I don't really see that our performance on the pitch will have much baring on our administration situation. Prize money between the leagues below the SPL isn't that great and there's not game changing money between each of them. Trying not to get worried about it and just enjoy the football but the longer it drags on the less easy I feel.

To be honest, it's difficult to see why anyone would want to buy a small, lowly Scottish league club miles from most places, which can't possibly sustain itself through football income alone. Unless you are rich and daft enough to put a seven-figure sum into it every season. So then you have a look to see what other possibilities there might be. Makwana was a fantasist, of course, but some of his ideas indicate the thinking that's needed. And then you run into problems about change of use of the land, so the council would have to be involved, and that would take more time. Who knows? All that may be happening now. And, without going back and checking, hasn't Savage talked about him leading a consortium being a way forward? Which would also take time to set up.

This large colour photo appeared in today’s PandJ. It’s of Billy Urquhart receiving a barometer from Chairman Norman Miller on the occasion of Billy’s 600th appearance for Caley in 1992. Among those who can be seen elsewhere in the photo are John Beaton, Derek Dewar and Jimmy Falconer. In 1994, Billy would appropriately have the honour of scoring the last competitive goal at Telford Street in a 1-0 victory over Thistle in May 1994… predictably with a header. Ironically, Billy was no longer a registered Caley player by this time, but was played for sentimental and “political” reasons… attracting a £250 fine. He went on also to play a limited number of games for Caley Thistle in the first season 1994-95.

‘To be honest, it's difficult to see why anyone would want to buy a small, lowly Scottish league club miles from most places, which can't possibly sustain itself through football income alone’ ‘hasn't Savage talked about him leading a consortium being a way forward?’ Well said snorbens. Your first point is the question that we (the club and the fans), have IMO been tumbling over for the past decade or more as we try to understand the club’s true and real position in the Scottish football whilst dealing with the expectations of the fans, City and region giving the limitations in the arena we / they operate. As has been well documented in CTO and other outlets we have insufficient fan numbers to make the football operation viable. That’s unlikely to change as simply the population in the Highlands is too small to support two teams. Throw in competition from the old firm and other more comfortable alternatives (cinema, gaming), it’s hard to see where the numbers we need would come from. The clubs rise and achievements over the past 30 compete admirably with other comparable provincial teams. But there has also been a slow steady decline with neglect and overspending our reach resulting in where we currently are. As you (and others) rightly point out we need the new owners (being positive they materialise), to look at a different model for financing the operations. To your point 2, Alan Savage has no question about it, saved the club from going under IMO. I question whether ICTFC would have had any proper future if K Mahwana had succeeded in buying the club with SG still around. I do hope AS is part (steers) any consortium or group that takes over for a couple of years. He has the club at heart I’m sure and has invested heavily (1M by the time we’re out of Admin?), to let the club travel down the same error strewn road. It may be there will be some significant changes for the club and fans that we have to accept as part of any new regime. Just wish him good health! bc

I hear what you're saying and every extra penny is important but we need more than a modest increase in income to have a financially viable club. At best there's a small handful of clubs in Scotland who survive without external income and Snorbens is right about the need to develop the stadium location. For that to happen then you need someone willing and able to invest many millions and then be happy for the club to be a benefactor. Ross Morrison seemed to want to do that but his pockets weren't deep enough and his (or his sidekicks) ideas were way too speculative and poorly executed.

Pretty much agree STFU what you’re saying regarding prise money outwith the SPL is buttons. That said the Championship has a few ‘bigger’ teams (if I can call them that), that brings along more decent size away supporter, eg Patrick, Falkirk & Dunfermline. Helps with modest increase of income and fans riling each other. Can’t think of any team this season bringing more than 100 away fans. bc

I'm getting worried that nobody wants to buy us. Hoping for a miracle in the next few weeks.

Sorry, CT - I have absolutely no information to update about anything. However as I write, I’m not getting the feeling that we are now outwith any timescale that the Administrator may have implied at the December briefing. I would just add that the flurry following the Jan 8th Companies House posting was probably much ado about nothing and probably just a bogstandard procedural thing. I remain convinced that Cameron and Morrison, as joint owners of the car park lease and respective creditors to the extent of £410K and a secured (or maybe not as secured as he thought) £1.65M, are the two main players in this and the biggest potential obstacles.